The Government wants more research, not less. The goal is for the billions spent on Hungarian scientific research to not disappear without results, but for them to be utilised in the form of patents and inventions that tangibly serve the Hungarian economy.

“A Hungarian-German working group is to be set up to reinforce research and innovation cooperation between the two countries”. Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics announced in Berlin on Wednesday following talks with German Federal Minister of Education and Research Anja Karliczek.

“Hungarian-German economic, technological and innovation cooperation, which is already functioning well, must be raised to a new level”, Minister of Innovation and Technology László Palkovics stressed on Thursday in Berlin following a meeting with the Federal Republic of Germany’s Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure Andreas Scheuer.

“In 2018, the European Commission transferred 4.4 billion euros in development funding to Hungary”, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology’s Minister of State for European Union Development Projects Tamás Schanda told reporters on Monday.

“The Government will be spending 2500 billion forints (EUR 7.7bn) on road development until 2025; the two most important goals of the improvements are to ensure that all county capitals are accessible via motorway, and all motorways reach the national border”, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said on Thursday in Berettyóújfalu at the official inauguration of the final stretch of the M35 motorway and the first stretch of the M4 motorway.

The government believes it is important that, upon the transformation of the local research, development and innovation system, they ensure the smooth operation of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences also during the transitional period as our core principle is that no value can be lost, Minister for Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at a press conference held in connection with the Thursday special general meeting of the Academy.